Rural

Robotics Plus' Prospr is a Fieldays finalist

Tauranga-based agritech company Robotics Plus has been named a finalist in the Growth & Scale Category of the 2024 Fieldays Innovation Awards for Prospr, its... Read More

2024 FMG Region-off season launched

The 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Region-off is underway. FMG is reminding locals to get on board with earning points to keep their region at the top... Read More

Farmers and MPs to clash in sports fundraiser

Farmers and politicians are no strangers to a stoush over rules and regulations, but they'll be going head-to-head in a different way this weekend. ... Read More

Kiwifruit orchards saved: Spray ruled safe to use

The Environmental Protection Authority has announced a decision that hydrogen cyanamide, an active ingredient in sprays such as Hi-Cane, may continue to be used... Read More

Mice found: Millions of kiwifruit to be destroyed

Over a million trays of New Zealand kiwifruit that were onboard a ship with a mice problem will be destroyed. Mice were found on Zespri's first shipment... Read More

Hall of fame bull fathers 17,000 daughters

A Holstein Friesian that sired more than 17,000 daughters and 90,000 granddaughters has been inducted into a bull ‘Hall of Fame.' Animal genetics company... Read More

Addressing human waste on Mount Cook

A kaupapa Māori research approach has brought together Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua and mountaineers to help address the human waste issue at Aoraki/Mount Cook... Read More

2024 NZ Dairy Awards celebrate farming excellence

The 2024 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards winners have a lot in common, including a passion for farming, innovation and positive change. DairyNZ chief executive... Read More

Levy referendum: Fruit & veg growers urged to vote

Growers are being asked to have their say in the upcoming levy referendum to enable Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) to continue its work for the sector. The... Read More

Safety concerns for students on SH2 buses

Students are standing up on buses for more than an hour on State Highway 2 while travelling to and from school due to overcrowding issues, according to concerned... Read More

Duck season safety off to a flying start

There aren't too many weekends that Southlanders look forward to more than the opening of duck shooting season. It's a weekend that can be a rite of passage,... Read More

When music and art collide in Paengaroa

When she's not tending her one-acre country garden at Otamarakau, near Pukehina Beach, mixed media artists Angela McKenzie is busy creating chaos in her workshop.... Read More